BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Luke Georgeson	c Worker b Lister	17	62	103	2	0	27.41
Rachin Ravindra	c Harrison b Ferns	12	37	52	1	0	32.43
Troy Johnson	b RR O'Donnell	42	124	177	4	1	33.87
Nick Kelly	c Harrison b Ferns	16	52	66	2	1	30.76
Tim Robinson	c & b Somerville	5	20	22	1	0	25.00
Tom Blundell (c)†	b Harrison	56	79	132	9	0	70.88
Jakob Bhula	run out (Lister/†Horne)	1	13	12	0	0	7.69
Adam Leonard	c WT O'Donnell b Keene	8	31	37	2	0	25.80
Ian McPeake	c †Horne b Keene	7	30	30	1	0	23.33
Michael Snedden	not out	3	19	30	0	0	15.78
James Hartshorn	c Solia b Somerville	6	13	14	1	0	46.15
Extras	(b 11, lb 1, nb 8, w 5)	25
TOTAL	78.4 Ov (RR: 2.51)	198
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (Rachin Ravindra, 11.6 ov), 2-55 (Luke Georgeson, 23.3 ov), 3-89 (Nick Kelly, 39.4 ov), 4-102 (Tim Robinson, 44.6 ov), 5-123 (Troy Johnson, 52.2 ov), 6-128 (Jakob Bhula, 54.5 ov), 7-155 (Adam Leonard, 63.6 ov), 8-176 (Ian McPeake, 71.6 ov), 9-189 (Tom Blundell, 75.1 ov), 10-198 (James Hartshorn, 78.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ben Lister	15	3	31	1	2.06	-	-	-	0	8
Sean Solia	5	2	6	0	1.20	-	-	-	1	0
Danru Ferns	17	6	37	2	2.17	-	-	-	1	0
Simon Keene	15	4	47	2	3.13	-	-	-	1	0
Ryan Harrison	5	1	13	1	2.60	-	-	-	2	0
William Somerville	17.4	5	41	2	2.32	-	-	-	0	0
Robert O'Donnell	4	1	11	1	2.75	-	-	-	0	0

Auckland 1st Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
William O'Donnell	lbw b Snedden	17	54	76	2	0	31.48
Sean Solia	b Snedden	43	158	214	7	0	27.21
Cole Briggs	b Ravindra	18	79	116	1	0	22.78
Robert O'Donnell (c)	c Robinson b Ravindra	16	38	56	3	0	42.10
George Worker	c Johnson b Snedden	44	95	127	4	1	46.31
Ben Horne †	c Johnson b Ravindra	79	159	186	9	2	49.68
Ryan Harrison	c †Blundell b McPeake	13	53	98	2	0	24.52
William Somerville	c †Blundell b McPeake	10	33	52	1	0	30.30
Simon Keene	not out	38	72	103	3	1	52.77
Danru Ferns	b McPeake	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
Ben Lister	c Leonard b McPeake	24	45	51	2	1	53.33
Extras	(b 4, lb 2, nb 8, w 8)	22
TOTAL	130.2 Ov (RR: 2.48, 544 Mins)	324
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (William O'Donnell, 17.1 ov), 2-84 (Cole Briggs, 44.3 ov), 3-99 (Sean Solia, 49.4 ov), 4-121 (Robert O'Donnell, 58.2 ov), 5-182 (George Worker, 83.4 ov), 6-251 (Ben Horne, 104.3 ov), 7-251 (Ryan Harrison, 105.2 ov), 8-269 (William Somerville, 117.1 ov), 9-269 (Danru Ferns, 117.5 ov), 10-324 (Ben Lister, 130.2 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Ian McPeake	23.2	8	57	4	2.44	-	-	-	0	0
Michael Snedden	28	9	56	3	2.00	-	-	-	0	7
Adam Leonard	18	6	21	0	1.16	-	-	-	0	0
James Hartshorn	14	2	53	0	3.78	-	-	-	1	1
Luke Georgeson	14	1	35	0	2.50	-	-	-	3	0
Rachin Ravindra	30	9	84	3	2.80	-	-	-	0	0
Jakob Bhula	3	0	12	0	4.00	-	-	-	0	0

Wellington 2nd Innings

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Luke Georgeson	lbw b Lister	18	42	77	2	0	42.85
Rachin Ravindra	c †Horne b Keene	14	28	42	2	1	50.00
Troy Johnson	c †Horne b Lister	14	19	28	2	0	73.68
Nick Kelly	b Somerville	28	64	89	1	0	43.75
Tim Robinson	c Worker b Lister	2	16	20	0	0	12.50
Tom Blundell (c)†	c †Horne b Ferns	21	25	45	3	0	84.00
Jakob Bhula	c Harrison b Ferns	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Adam Leonard	c Somerville b Lister	15	48	74	1	0	31.25
Ian McPeake	c WT O'Donnell b Somerville	14	44	46	1	0	31.81
Michael Snedden	st †Horne b Somerville	2	18	25	0	0	11.11
James Hartshorn	not out	1	7	11	0	0	14.28
Extras	(lb 1, nb 2)	3
TOTAL	51.4 Ov (RR: 2.55, 231 Mins)	132
Fall of wickets: 1-32 (Rachin Ravindra, 9.1 ov), 2-47 (Troy Johnson, 14.3 ov), 3-48 (Luke Georgeson, 16.1 ov), 4-54 (Tim Robinson, 20.5 ov), 5-95 (Tom Blundell, 30.3 ov), 6-95 (Jakob Bhula, 30.4 ov), 7-101 (Nick Kelly, 33.4 ov), 8-125 (Ian McPeake, 45.3 ov), 9-129 (Adam Leonard, 48.6 ov), 10-132 (Michael Snedden, 51.4 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Danru Ferns	12	1	39	2	3.25	-	-	-	0
Ben Lister	16	3	34	4	2.12	-	-	-	2
Simon Keene	9	2	29	1	3.22	-	-	-	0
William Somerville	14.4	5	29	3	1.97	-	-	-	0

Auckland 2nd Innings (T: 7 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
William O'Donnell	not out	0	6	8	0	0	0.00
Sean Solia	c †Blundell b Hartshorn	6	5	7	0	1	120.00
Cole Briggs	not out	1	1	1	0	0	100.00
Extras		0
TOTAL	2 Ov (RR: 3.50, 8 Mins)	7/1
Did not bat: Robert O'Donnell (c), George Worker, Ben Horne †, Ryan Harrison, William Somerville, Simon Keene, Danru Ferns, Ben Lister
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Sean Solia, 1.5 ov)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Adam Leonard	1	1	0	0	0.00	-	-	-	0	0
James Hartshorn	1	0	7	1	7.00	-	-	-	0	0

CLOSE OF PLAY

Sat, 05 Nov - day 1 - Auckland 1st innings 27/0 (William O'Donnell 16*, Sean Solia 8*, 15 ov)

Sun, 06 Nov - day 2 - Auckland 1st innings 259/7 (William Somerville 7*, Simon Keene 1*, 111 ov)

Mon, 07 Nov - day 3 - Auckland 2nd innings 7/1 (2 ov) - end of match

MATCH FLOW

Day 1

Wellington 1st innings:
Wellington: 50 runs in 22.3 overs, 97 minutes, 14 extras
Injury (12:29 to 12:31): Wellington - 61/2 in 26.2 overs, TM Johnson 16 (55), NF Kelly 0 (6)
Lunch (12:52 to 13:32): Wellington - 69/2 in 32.0 overs, TM Johnson 18 (70), NF Kelly 5 (25)
Wellington: 100 runs in 44.2 overs, 190 minutes, 18 extras
Tea (15:40 to 16:02): Wellington - 148/6 in 61.0 overs, TA Blundell 23 (42), AJ Leonard 8 (24)
Wellington: 150 runs in 61.2 overs, 270 minutes, 24 extras
TA Blundell: 50 runs in 75 balls, 124 minutes (8x4)
End of 110 over bonus points: Wellington 198 (78.4) (Wellington 0 batting points, Auckland Aces 4 bowling points)
Auckland 1st innings:
End of Day (18:28): Auckland Aces - 27/0 in 15.0 overs, WT O'Donnell 16 (48), SM Solia 8 (45)

Day 2

Auckland: 50 runs in 25.4 overs, 113 minutes, 5 extras
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 156 balls, 109 minutes, SM Solia 30 (81), CJ Briggs 17 (75), 3 extras
Lunch (12:53 to 13:32): Auckland - 91/2 in 48.0 overs, SM Solia 43 (154), RR O'Donnell 1 (6)
Auckland: 100 runs in 49.4 overs, 215 minutes, 13 extras
Auckland: 150 runs in 70.3 overs, 294 minutes, 15 extras
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 115 balls, 69 minutes, GH Worker 27 (50), BJ Horne 24 (65), 1 extra
New Ball Taken: Auckland - 178/4 after 80.0 overs, GH Worker 40 (84), BJ Horne 29 (74), 15 extras
Tea (15:43): Auckland - 182/4 in 83.0 overs, GH Worker 44 (91), BJ Horne 29 (85)
Auckland: 200 runs in 90.4 overs, 372 minutes, 19 extras
Injury (17:01 to 17:02): Auckland - 206/5 in 96.4 overs, BJ Horne 45 (131), RD Harrison 3 (32)
BJ Horne: 50 runs in 136 balls, 154 minutes (6x4, 1x6)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 111 balls, 82 minutes, BJ Horne 38 (67), RD Harrison 7 (44), 6 extras
Auckland: 250 runs in 104.1 overs, 433 minutes, 21 extras
End of 110 over bonus points: Auckland 258/7 (Auckland 2 batting points, Wellington Firebirds 3 bowling points)
End of Day (18:06): Auckland - 259/7 in 111.0 overs, WER Somerville 7 (22), SB Keene 1 (15)

Day 3

Auckland: 300 runs in 123.5 overs, 518 minutes, 22 extras
10th Wicket: 50 runs in 66 balls, 45 minutes, SB Keene 26 (28), BG Lister 24 (38), 0 extras
Wellington 2nd innings:
Lunch: Wellington - 36/1 in 11.0 overs, LI Georgeson 18 (33), TM Johnson 4 (5)
Wellington: 50 runs in 17.1 overs, 82 minutes, 1 extra
Wellington: 100 runs in 31.4 overs, 151 minutes, 2 extras
Tea: Wellington - 117/7 in 39.0 overs, AJ Leonard 8 (20), IG McPeake 10 (20)

MATCH DETAILS

Basin Reserve, Wellington
Toss	Auckland, elected to field first
Series	Plunket Shield
Season	2022/23
Match days	5,6,7 November 2022 - day (4-day match)
Umpires	Kim Cotton Wayne Knights
Match Referee	Kevin Pulley
Points	Auckland 18, Wellington 3

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Auckland Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
AJ Leonard	1	1	0	0	0
JW Hartshorn	1	0	7	1	7

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	6	Sean Solia	William O'Donnell
2nd	1	William O'Donnell	Cole Briggs

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